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Market Mover: Jonathan Compton

JONATHAN COMPTON is both managing director and co-founder of Bedlam Asset Management, a London-based fund manager set up last December.

Bedlam has three funds, all of which are domiciled in Dublin. It has so far raised €3m in funds, but expects this to rise to €15m by the end of April and €45m by the end of September. The minimum investment is €4,400.

Compton has returned to fund management after a 12-year gap. Between 1990 and 2000, he was head of the European operations of CLSA, an independent Asian stockbroker, picking up a number of research, sales and client services awards from the industry.

Before that he worked as a fund manager for about 15 years, latterly with Barings Asset Management.

Bedlam and Compton are to fund management what Ryanair and Michael O’Leary have been to the airline business. Both have an irreverent view of their industries and feel the